Adding or updating target aliases


To use ODBM routing, you must define how Energizer should handle the existing aliases that belong to your IMS Connect and ODBM systems. Any alias that you ADD must match an alias name that is defined in the CSLDCxxx member of your IMS Connect (or IMS) PROCLIB. If you specify an alias that is not defined to IMS Connect or ODBM, Energizer can route messages to the alias, but the route will fail.

An alias name and an ODBM name together comprise a target alias.

  1. On the ODBM Routing Options panel, enter option 1 (ADD or update Target Aliases).If no target aliases exist, Energizer displays the Target Alias Definition panel.

    Target Alias Definition                       
                                                                         
    Type Target Alias definition.  Use ADD command to ADD another.        
                                                                         
      Target alias name . . ____     (as defined in ODBM)                 
      Target ODBM name  . . ________                                              
                                                                         
      Load balancing weight ___ (0-100)                                   
                                                                         
    Select (type a '/') any of the following.                             
      / Activate target alias                                             
      _ Preferred target alias                                            
      _ Always reject                                                     
                                                                         
                                                                         
                                                                         
                                                                         
                                                                         
                                                                         
    Command ===> _____________________________________________

    If at least one target alias exists, Energizer displays the ODBM Routing Options - Target Aliases panel. To update an existing target alias, select it from the list. To create a new target alias, enter the ADD command. Energizer displays the Target Alias Definition panel.

    ODBM Routing Options - Target Aliases    Row 1 to 5 of 5
                                          Commands: ADD Locate SAVE Select SORT
      ODBM Routing options name : PAGTEST                           Page 1 of 4
                                                                              
    Type one or more action codes.  (Type ADD as a command to ADD Alias.)      
      S=Display/Update  C=Copy  D=Delete  I=Insert  A=Activate  X=Deactivate   
        Target       Load Weight                                               
    A Alias  ODBM      (0-100)   Active  Preferred   Always Reject             
    _ PAGA  PAGODBM      50        /         /             _                   
    _ PAGB  PAGODBM      25        /         /             _                   
    _ PAGC  PAGODBM      10        /         _             _                   
    _ PAGD  PAGODBM      10        /         _             _                   
    _ PAGE  PAGODBM2     50        /         /             _                   
    ***************************** Bottom of data ******************************
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
    Command ===> _____________________________________________  Scroll ===> PAGE
  2. In the Target alias name field, enter the name of an existing IMS Connect or ODBM alias.
  3. (Optional) In the Target ODBM name field, enter the name of the ODBM to which Energizer will route messages that use this alias.You can leave the ODBM name blank. In this case, Energizer will sEND the alias to ODBM, and ODBM will decide where to route it.
  4. Specify a load balancing weight, in the range 0 through 100.Energizer uses the weight value to determine how much message traffic to route to this alias, in proportion to the weights assigned to other aliases. For example, if you assign a weight of 50 to this alias, and a weight of 25 to another alias, Energizer routes twice as much traffic to this alias as it does to the other.
  5. (Optional) Select one or more of the following options by entering a slash (/) in the selection field to the left of the option:

    Activate target alias

    Enable Energizer to route messages to this alias.

    Preferred target alias

    Enable Energizer to prefer this target alias over other aliases. Energizer routes messages to an existing, active preferred alias before routing message to any non-preferred aliases, regardless of their load balancing weight. If you define multiple preferred aliases in a routing group, the load balancing weight determines the amount of traffic that Energizer routes to each preferred alias.

    Always reject

    Enable Energizer to reject any message that is sent to the result group in which this alias is active. This option provides an easy way to return message traffic to a result group. In a similar way to the operation of a mailer daemon, Energizer returns to the END user all messages that were routed to every alias in the result group, and issues an accompanying error message.

    If you want to stop traffic to an alias and cause Energizer to route messages to other aliases instead, deselect the Activate Target Alias option for the alias instead of selecting this option.

    Error
    Warning

    This option rejects all traffic routed to the entire result group, not just to this alias. When this space was published, the Help topic for this field incorrectly indicated that the rejected traffic is for this alias only.

    BMC recommends that you contact Customer Support for advice before you select this option.

  6. If you want to ADD another target alias, enter ADD in the Command field.Energizer saves the entered information and clears the Target alias name field. Enter a new alias name, and change the values in the other fields as necessary.
  7. When you have ADDed all target aliases, or updated an existing target alias, enter the END command (F3).Energizer saves the target aliases and displays the ODBM Routing Options - Target Aliases panel, listing all target aliases that you have defined.
  8. When you have finished working with target aliases, enter the END command (F3)Energizer displays the ODBM Routing Options panel.



 

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